So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence.

In spite of nuclear weapons, large numbers of American citizens feel totally insecure. And in spite of so much wealth, industry and technology, many Americans are living under deprivation and anxiety. So happiness is not in accumulation of material goods, it's in sharing and caring.

Your children are not your children. They are lives longing for itself. They come here with their own destiny. Give them your love. They will find their own way.

I want New Story education to be skilling human beings and young people to provide basic human needs. Technology and all other things are icing on the cake.

All the big problems of the world today are routed in the philosophy of separateness and dualism.

We change by changing our consciousness and by saying, money should not be a commodity. Money should be a means to an end.

Large numbers of young people are waking up. And they are saying, "We are not here just to work for multinational corporations and make money for them. We are here to live. We have to find the meaning of life."